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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS Pansy Royal –––––

The Pansy, her brief summer
 * spent and done,

In veil of purple shrouds
 * her vesper face

Her dreams unmarked by any
 * staring sun,

She holds, in hidden keeping,
 * her life’s grace.

So, dear one passing, where
 * the days have wrought

The end, and gently beckon
 * you apart,

Keep of us who so loved you
 * one sweet thought,

Like Pansy, treasured in
 * a brooding heart.

Florence Randall Livesay 71